William S. Weddell letterMS.0192Virginia Military Institute Archives

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-09 17:47:28 -0400.Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script. Virginia Military Institute Archives William S. Weddell letter Weddell, William S. (William Sparrow), 1874-1944 MS.0192 /repositories/3/resources/272 1 items 1890 September 25 Manuscripts stacks English . Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one letter (dated September 25, 1890) from William S. Weddell to his mother. The letter describes the day on which his classmate Warner T. Taliaferro died following a fight with a fellow cadet, Frank W. McConnico.

Biographical / Historical

William Sparrow Weddell was born in 1874 in Harrrisonburg, Virginia. He graduated VMI in 1894 and went on to become a salesman. He died in 1944 in Richmond, Virginia.

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William S. Weddell letter, 1890 September 25. MS 0192. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Virginia Military Institute—Class of 1894 Virginia Military Institute—Cadet life—1890-1899 Virginia Military Institute—History—19th century Correspondence Murder—Virginia—Lexington Taliaferro, Warner T. (Warner Throckmorton), 1874-1890 McConnico, Frank W. (Frank Windler)